20年前，在美国没有人知道塔图阿赫是什么，这个单词也很难发音。生产雪茄的小雪茄厂位于迈阿密这一点也给人留下很模糊的印象。在雪茄行业意外，皮特·约翰逊、何塞·佩平·加西亚这两个名人也鲜为人知。如今，一切都变了，约翰逊特意发布了两款新品，纪念在雪茄行业的二十年。
这两款雪茄是在尼加拉瓜的老爹雪茄厂卷制，在拉斯维加斯的PCA贸易展参展，预计8月份向零售商发货。
一款名为Grande Merveille（奇迹），46环径，6.125英寸，在美国的售价是每支13美元。一款是Grand Chaseur（欧洲议会），54环径，6.375英寸。这两款雪茄的茄脚都是未切割的，茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，茄套和茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。每盒都是20支包装。
塔图阿赫在十周年时发布过两款雪茄：Belle Encre（漂亮的墨水）、Bon Chasseur（好猎人），后来都成为常规产品线。今年发布的这两款也将成为常规产品。
多年来，塔图阿赫雪茄在《雪茄爱好者》、《雪茄内幕》的盲评中多次获得高分，多次出现在年度25名的榜单里。最近一次，塔图阿赫的特制屋顶系列（Capa Especial）的火箭（Cohete）以92分的盲评成绩被评为2022年第22名雪茄。
Twenty years ago, nobody knew who or what Tatuaje was. The word was difficult to pronounce, the small Miami factory where the cigars were made was obscure and the people behind the brand—Pete Johnson and José “Pepín” Garcia—were little known outside of the cigar industry. Today, all that has changed and Johnson has created two cigars to mark two successful decades in the business.
Made in Nicaragua at the My Father Cigars factory, the Tatuaje 20th Grande Merveille and Grand Chaseur will be unveiled at this week’s PCA trade show in Las Vegas. The cigars are expected to ship by August.
The Grande Merveille measures 6 1/8 inches long by 46 ring gauge and has a suggested retail price of $13 per cigar while the Grand Chasseur measures 6 3/8 by 54. Both cigars are made with covered, uncut feet and consist of an Ecuador Habano wrapper around a Nicaraguan blend. They come packaged in 20-count boxes.
Like the Tatuaje Belle Encre and Bon Chasseur, which celebrated Tatuaje’s 10th anniversary in 2003, these new sizes will be part of the regular-production line.
Tatuaje cigars have received high ratings over the years in Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Insider blind tastings, with repeat appearances on the magazine’s Top 25 list. Most recently, the Tatuaje Capa Especial Cohete was named No. 22 cigar of 2022, with a score of 92 points.
For ratings of the new Tatuaje anniversary cigars, see a future issue of Cigar Insider.
